The Editor speaks: Do we over-react and miss the big picture?
The airline flight attendants are “outraged” at the “poor and shortsighted decision” by the America’s Transport Security authority who have relaxed the rules and will allow small knives to be carried on the planes. They are claiming they are now…
The Editor Speaks: Can ICO hand over confidential submissions to third parties?
With Jennifer Dilbert, the Cayman Islands Information Commissioner (ICO) making her latest ruling in favour of the Governor’s Office in the matter of the non release of the 2012/13 Budget correspondence, it shows even more surprise when she ruled against…
The Editor Speaks: When will motorists learn speeding can kill?
It seems not a week goes by when we learn of motor vehicular accidents here in the Cayman Islands that are caused by cars speeding. When the speeding involves cars actually racing one another on our public roads at night…
ieyenews.com iNews Cayman Now up and running
We apologise to all our readers for the problems we have been having with our website. First it was the search engines being redirected to a site selling Viagra and then from last Friday every story you hit took you…
The Editor Speaks: CIAA’s incredible statement
It was with some dismay and incredulity I suffered upon reading the full statement from the Chairman, Richard (Dick) Arch, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA). Mr. Arch was replying to the…
The Editor Speaks: When we are too quick to judge
A Cayman Islands judge has been criticised almost universally on the local media websites and on the radio talk shows for his sentencing of a man with psychiatric problems for defiling a teenager. Please see iNews Cayman story 27 Feb…
The Editor Speaks: CIAS cash removal gets put back but where did the money come from?
It is all very nice that the Cayman Islands Agricultural Society (CIAS) has now received its regular $20,000 donation from the government to help with the costs of staging the Annual Agricultural Show, but where did the money come from?…
The Editor Speaks: Church and political endorsements
Should churches endorse political candidates in general elections? Should churches endorse candidates who give them money? These questions have been particularly raised now with an election looming in May and our country’s former premier, McKeeva Bush, dipping his hands into…
The Editor Speaks: Four ‘shocking’ disclosures at government press briefing
Disclosure 1 Three announcements were made at the Thursday Government Press briefing last Thursday (21). Mark Simmonds, the United Kingdom’s (UK) Overseas Territories (OT) Minister has asked the Cayman Islands government to allow official observers to cover our general election….
The Editor Speaks: More leaks pour on Miller
One of the companies we used to report our home water leaks to was a local company called Miller’s Plumbing. In no time, Mr Miller and his plumber’s mate were there to stop the fault and everything was water leak…
